"The Cardiac Kids"
Notre Dame just pulled it out yesterday against Boston College ending a six game skid against the Golden Eagles. The Irish won a close game 20-16 because of five golden eagle turnovers going to the Irish. People have been calling this years team "The Cardiac Kids" and have been praising them for playing the full 60 minutes. I'm happy they have been competing the whole game but alot of these close wins should be huge blowouts in the Irish' favor. Notre Dame should not be playing down to their opponents skill level week after week. We shouldnt be having close games against Michigan State, Purdue, Washington, and Boston College. At least 2-3 of those games should be huge blowouts. You could even say that Notre Dame played down to the skill level of Michigan but i give respect to Tate Forcier playing a great game that day. If Notre Dame doesnt stop this they will end with two more losses.
Yesterday I attended a prime example of what Notre Dame should be doing. I woke up yesterday and found out I had a ticket to the Oregon Vs. Washington game. Right when I found out, I downloaded the Notre Dame central app on my iphone allowing me to watch the Notre Dame game while being at the Washington game. So I got to see Oregon put away their opponent the Washington Huskies in the 3rd quarter. Notre Dame should be doing this. They should be coming out strong to start the 2nd half and proving that they belong in the top 25. Instead Notre Dame lets their opponent hang with them the entire game.
New York for heisman ceremony and Notre Dame ends up playing in the Gator Bowl. Some might think that we've done well to improve over last year but that's really not important. We're Notre Dame and our expectations should always be BCS win or bust..jpg)
ootball coach. Pete Carol-esque?. If we were to bring in Gruden we would keep most of our defensive and offensive recruits like Martin and potentially more recruits that we might get this week. The recruits would look at Gruden's defenses with the Bucs and would come right to Notre Dame. I know it was Monte Kiffin coaching defense with those Bucs teams but Gruden would bring in that tough defensive attitude and possible some NFL assistants with him.
For the past seven years the Irish have lost to the trojans and all of them other than the "bush push" game they have been blowouts. The difference between this game and the rest of them, the irish players actually believe they are going to prevail. Do I think Notre Dame will win? I think that if the offensive line protects jimmy and if the pass coverage steps up when Tenuta tries to stop the run then I think Notre Dame will win. Yeah thats alot to ask. But I feel like no matter who we are playing, we are going to put up at least 24 points. On the weather its suppose to be about 45 degrees or colder at kickoff but will continue to get colder throughout the game. The weather will help the Irish defense the most. With tenuta selling out to stop the run, the cold weather could get to barkley causing him to make bad passes. Clausen said the weather affected him the first time he practiced in the cold in South bend, he said he was throwing ducks all over the field. So hopefully it takes Barkley sometime to get use to.
